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OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)
"Shell" Definition
noun
A framework or exterior, as of a building.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A metal or cardboard case containing the charge and primer for a piece of firearms ammunition, especially one also containing shot and fired from a shotgun.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A similar outer covering on an egg, fruit, or nut.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A small glass for beer.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A thin layer of pastry.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb-transitive
Baseball To hit the pitches of (a pitcher) hard and with regularity: shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To defeat decisively.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To fire shells at; bombard.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To remove from a shell: shell peas.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To remove the shell of; shuck: shell oysters.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
phrasal-verb
Shell out Informal To hand over; pay: had to shell out $500 in car repairs.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb-intransitive
To look for or collect shells, as on a seashore: spent the day shelling on Cape Cod.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To shed or become free of a shell.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb
To take out of a natural enclosing cover (as a shell, husk, pod, or capsule) .
Source: Merriam-Webster
To separate the kernels of (as an ear of Indian corn, wheat, or oats) from the cob, ear, or husk.
Source: Merriam-Webster
To throw at, upon, or into .
Source: Merriam-Webster
To score heavily against (as an opposing pitcher in baseball).
Source: Merriam-Webster
To fall or scale off in thin pieces.
Source: Merriam-Webster
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